First off, it's not silver, it's zinc-coated steel.* In average condition, it's worth 25 to 50 cents.
Copper was needed to make ammunition so the Mint switched to steel to save metal. It proved unsatisfactory due to rust and confusion with dimes, so copper coins were resumed in 1944.
(*) If you think about it for a minute, a cent is larger than a dime, so a true silver cent would have been worth about 15¢, which wouldn't have made any "cents" to produce. The Mint would have lost 14 cents on each one they made!
It's zinc-coated steel, not silver. In average worn condition, one is worth around 10 cents. A particularly nice one is worth upwards of a dollar.
$10,000
The only "silver" penny was minted in 1943 to support the war effort. Yours is probably zinc plated.
The coin is Zinc coated steel not silver, no US one cent coins have been made of silver. Average value is 5 cents.
Zinc coated steel, not silver. average value is 5 to 10 cents. The US has never made a one cent coin from silver.
Zinc coated steel, not silver. Average value is 5 to 10 cents. The US has never made a one cent coin from silver.
$10,000
The only "silver" penny was minted in 1943 to support the war effort. Yours is probably zinc plated.
The coin is Zinc coated steel not silver, no US one cent coins have been made of silver. Average value is 5 cents.
Zinc coated steel, not silver. average value is 5 to 10 cents. The US has never made a one cent coin from silver.
Zinc coated steel, not silver. Average value is 5 to 10 cents. The US has never made a one cent coin from silver.
it is not rare enough to have any value [will have value in about 3 years]
Those don't exist. The only "silver" pennies were minted in 1943 to support the war effort.
1943
Nobody. The US never made silver pennies. In 1943 the US made steel pennies. These are often mistaken for silver. In 1943 Abraham Lincoln was on the US penny.
A 1943 steel penny with no mintmark can be worth $.35 - $1.50
1943 pennies are not silver. They are zinc coated steel. Copper was saved for war effort.
A 1943 steel penny is worth just that 1cent.